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2008 - 2009

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August 19th 2010
Optica is looking for Volunteers

August 13th 2010
Sylvia Winkler + Stephan Köperl are the focus of a newly published article in Vie des arts

May 22nd 2010
Gilot, Winkler + Köperl are the focus of a newly published article in Le Devoir

April 20th 2010
Sylvia Winkler + Stephan Köperl at the Earth Day, Thursday, April 22nd 2010

April 6th 2010
Launch of the DVD "Diane Landry, installations & performances 2008-2009" : Thursday, April 8th (5 pm - 7 pm) at le Port de tête

March 20th 2010
Diane Landry "Knight of Infinite Resignation" is the subject of a newly published article in Le Devoir

March 11th 2010
Yan Giguère "Attractions" is the subject of a newly published article in CV84

March 11th 2010
Sophie Bélair Clément "Le son du projecteur" is the subject of a newly published article in Cmagazine

March 10th 2010
Gabor Szilasi won the Governor general's Award in Visual and Media Arts

January 16th 2010
Artist projects freely distributed as posters

December 31st 2009
"La demeure" (2002) : one of last decade's important exhibitions for art critic Jérôme Delgado

October 10th 2009
Mallarmé. Le Livre at the S.M.A.K.

September 15th 2009
Archives internship : Stéphanie Laoun @ OPTICA

September 1st 2009
Résidence de recherche jeune création : Anne-Lise Seusse @ OPTICA

April 23rd 2009
Diane Morin's and David Dupont's artists' books launch : April 23rd in Valence, June 13th in Montreal

January 1st 2009
Reference works available for consultation at the gallery




April 6th 2010
Launch of the DVD "Diane Landry, installations & performances 2008-2009" : Thursday, April 8th (5 pm - 7 pm) at le Port de tête

The DVD "Diane Landry, installations & performances 2008-2009" is a compilation of 5 installations and 3 performances presented throughout 2008-2009. It also includes a booklet with an essay by Alison Syme entitled Knight of Infinte Resignation & What Comes Out in the Wash which accompanies the exhibition Knight of Infinite Resignation, a project created by Diane Landry, and commissioned by l´Œil de Poisson with funding from the Canada Council for Arts. The exhibition was presented for the first time in Québec City from September 11 to October 18, 2009. It is currently being shown at Optica until April, 17th 2010.

Diane Landry, installations & performances 2008-2009
28 pages booklet with color photos
DVD
Video ntsc ~ 45 min
5 installations & 3 performances 2008-2009
extra : 2 interviews and technical documentation of the performance l’Imperméable.
ISBN 978-2-9803525-9-1

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262, Mont-Royal E., Montreal